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Project Instructions
This collection contains a list of those who are licensed victuallers in Surrey, England between 1785-1903. Licensed victuallers were individuals who operated Alehouses and were authorized to sell "Ale Beer or other liquors by retail". We will be keying name, licence year, parish and public house.

Images typically have names under a residence parish heading or columns of names with residence parish in-line.

Victuallers List

Choose the "Victuallers List" form type when the image contains names of those that have victuallers licenses. Images typically have names under a residence parish heading or columns of names with residence parish in-line. Some typed forms have 2nd pages that will not be keyed.

Additional Image Samples

Licence Year

Key the licence year as seen on the record. The licence year will typically appear at the top of the image. If more than one year appears on an image, create a new section for every new year.

Prefix

Key any titles before the given name, such as "Dr," "Mr," or "Mrs," as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.On later records, the name which should be keyed is the name of the individual who holds the license. This name will appear in the "Name of Licensee and whether Residing on the Premises" column.

Given

Key the first name or initial and any middle names as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Initials should be keyed with a space between them and without entering the periods.On later records, the name which should be keyed is the name of the individual who holds the license. This name will appear in the "Name of Licensee and whether Residing on the Premises" column.

Surname

Key the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.On later records, the name which should be keyed is the name of the individual who holds the license. This name will appear in the "Name of Licensee and whether Residing on the Premises" column.

Suffix

Key all titles, such as "Jr" or "III", following the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.On later records, the name which should be keyed is the name of the individual who holds the license. This name will appear in the "Name of Licensee and whether Residing on the Premises" column.

Parish

Key the parish as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. The parish will only appear once, and should be keyed to all records to which it applies. Parish may be found at the head of a list of names or in a column named "Parish". Some images do not have column headings. See wiki image keying samples to help identify which columns to key.

Public House

Key the name of the public house as seen on the image. This will typically be in the "Sign and Situation of each Licensed House" column. Only the name of the establishment should be keyed--do not key the street address.

Keying Image Samples

Cover page, Section header, etc

Use the “Cover page, Section header, etc” type for images that don’t contain any data, but might be interesting to look at because they provide some type of context for the image set. For instance, historical notes, affidavits, and so forth.

Additional Image Samples

Image with no data

Use the “Image with no data” type for images that do not contain any data or any useful context that might be interesting for someone to look at. For instance, an image containing only a blank background.

Target

Choose the "Target" form type when the image contains a color and/or grayscale target.